Wednesday, February 15, 2012

If I'd actually read the copy on LuckyScent before smelling this I might have been more inclined to roll my eyes. Calling themselves "The Unlikely Company: an enigma wrapped in mystery" and, well let me just let them say it: (from LuckyScent)

"We emphasize the hands-on and artisanal aspects of creating original fragrances along with our priorities for their safety, stability, freshness and quality. Each fragrance, created by a famous nose, is batched at a state-of-the-art factory in New Jersey but packaged by Brooklyn neighborhood artists whose hand-labeling sometimes results in serendipitous touches that lend individual character to each bottle."

Well, bully.

But I did smell it first, and you know what? It is kind of all that. It's got some of the raw comb honeyed lusciousness of Botrytis along with creamy woods and a fair bit of salty ambergris and drrty musks. Even the dreaded lychee is so perfectly done here that I that wanted more. I admit that I only gave this a cursory test since I was at ScentBar for a different mission but I liked this one. It's a winner, especially for winter. Although I think I might need the zip-tie packaging explained to me at some point..

I like this one, I had gotten a sample of it a week or so ago, and it was the one I sprayed on this a.m. I like to try samples early in case they're horrible and I have to wash them off in the shower.

This is unique with the salty ambergris and vanillin sweetness. A lot of niche offerings will try to "cut' the vanilla note with wood (a lot of times cedar, in the ones I've smelled recently), but this ambergris? is more subtle, interesting and nicer.

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